Merry Christmas folks!

Hope your holidays are wonderful.

Mall Diaries - Entry #9

I am stuck at the mall kiosk and I have to pee. If any boxofficers are reading this and happen to be near the mall please come to the kiosk.

A Christmas party showdown

Prior to the big Christmas party this Saturday night will be a PRE-PARTY chez moi commencing at 6:30pm. Following the big Christmas party this Saturday night will be a POST-PARTY chez Terry commencing whenever James kicks us out of the Mack. Bring a sleeping bag.

Thanks to Mitch and Craig we now have an actual golden goblet which will be awarded at the end of the night.

Mall Diaries 8

MEMORANDUM

To: All Confederation Centre Box Office Staff
From: Random Lady in Mall (RLM)
Date: December 19, 2007
Subject: Change in Job Title

Apparently we are no longer the Confederation Centre of the Arts mall kiosk. We have now been dubbed "Mall Customer Service" by the lady who demanded her husband ask us where Taylor's Jewellers is.

Mall Diaries 7

So no customers, no nothing, and the employees of the source are playing Guitar Hero 3. I want to play so bad. That's all I have for now.

Mall Diaries - Entry #6

This is incredibly boring, exceptionally boring even.
However there is one bright spot, the crazy coat-hanger lady is constantly telling the employees of The Source, to shut up. She's also lambasting them with death threats. I sure hope I'm not the next victim. O God here she comes. I hate this place.

Mall Diaries - Entry #5

The Source sells remote control birds. There is one on display that you can try. There is a group of boys playing it with it. They are flying it at my face. Go away stupid boys.

Mall Diaries - Entry #4

We have new kiosk hours - we're now here 12pm-9pm instead of 10am-2pm. I do not see the seniors anymore. Their visits were always in the morning. I miss my mall friends.

and the winner is...

Darcy Campbell. Winner of the fish pool that is. Eleanor Rigby passed on December 13th, 2007. Congrats Darcy.

Christmas Party Update

So we do need your money in advance by the way. Bring your $5 or $10 to the box office when you get the chance - and if you haven't yet, don't forget to sign up already (or ask me or someone else to sign you up if you're away)! Currently signed up are: Ashley, Mitch, Rachel, Laura, Craig, Annette, Eric, Emma & Tara. I know there are a bunch more of you who plan on going!

Mall Diaries - Entry #3

My mall friend from entry #1 (the one who wants to find a job or play poker online if that doesn't work, I'll call him Pete) stopped by for his visit today. He just wanted to know if I'd sent a letter to Santa Claus yet. And then he left. By left I mean went to talk to the people in the CD store. Oh - and now he's coming back here as I type. Don't make eye contact. Don't make eye contact. And he's gone. Or at least I can't see him.

Mall Diaries - Entry #2

I made a new friend today. I don't know his name, although I know his wife's name is Ruth. I will call him Bill. Bill was sitting at a chair behind our kiosk when I arrived this morning. He asked if he could help sell tickets. Not wanting to kick an old man out of the only chair in sight, I told him he could stay. We chatted as I hooked everything up for the kiosk. Bill is from Summerside and drove down today to do some Christmas shopping. He said the roads were great - just like summer; although once he got into town he found the sidewalks rather icy. He asked what he could do to help. I told him just to sit there and look pretty to draw in the customers. He smiled. I don't know if it's because he was amused or was attempting to follow my instructions. Bill stayed and chatted for 15 minutes. It turns out he has family in BC so we discussed airfare and inconveniant westjet flight schedules. He said if I hadn't turned up he would have invited the guy at the salvation army stand over here to sit with him. Then Ruth found him and took him away.

I wonder if Bill was lost and waiting for Ruth to find him or if he was tired of shopping and hiding from her. Either way, it was an entertaining morning. Is it sad that this is my excitement for the day? I fear I'm beginning to enjoy the mall seniors less out of amusement and more for their company. No need to answer my previous question.

Mall Diaries - Entry #1

Ok, so most of you know that we currently have a booth set up in the mall to catch those all those Christmas shoppers who might not otherwise consider tickets or gift cards for gifts. At least that was idea. Yes, we have caught some Christmas shoppers (not litterally, I don't think that would be good for business) but we've also been catching so much more...

Number one question we get is easily "Where is the shoe store?" - I'm sure I've never gone 15 minutes without being asked. In case you don't know - the shoe store is gone. It is nowhere. "Where are the washrooms?" and "Where is Heckbert Studios?" are also popular questions. There are two large signs right behind me with big arrows pointing to Heckberts. As our booth is right by the escalators I was quite amused by "How do you get to the third floor". Apparently this shopper grew up in a bungalow.

Then we've got shoppers seeking tickets that I don't have - Ann Murray at the Civic Centre, John Gracie at Trinity Church, breakfast with Santa... Yes, the newspaper does say that John Gracie tickets are available at a booth in this mall beside the big Christmas tree and yes this is a booth beside the Christmas tree and I do have tickets, but not for John Gracie. I can't explain the newspaper add, I don't know where you should go instead, all I know is that I do not have the tickets. I swear.

My favourite visitors to our mall kiosk? The seniors. 10am-2pm, Monday to Friday, is apparently a popular for seniors to visit the mall. Do they shop? Not as far as I can tell. They carry no bags and many don't even seem to actually enter stores. What do they do? They walk around, look at decorations, and they talk to people selling tickets in booths. Or sometimes they just use my chair for a few minutes as they need a rest from all of this non-shopping. I can only imagine how tiring non-shopping must be. One particularly chatty senior visits me usually every day and is very fascinated by this laptop. He says he's got to him one. He asks me if I can use it to look for jobs. I'm still not sure if it was a hypothetical question or if he actually wanted me to find him a job. To be safe, I told him no, I couldn't. The next day he was back, this time asking if you can play poker on this laptop. Again, I told him no. When not admiring the laptop he sometimes points out other shoppers who he knows. Or at least claims to know. "That's Granny over there. Yep, Granny." "Granny" is in a nearby store and gives no indication of knowing this man. He tells me Granny can get awful fiery sometimes and then he laughs and walks off.

So yes, the friends I've made are easily the highlight of my time spent in the mall. I may not know their names but I will never forget these people. Actually that's probably not true; I will likely forget them. And they will probably forget me soon too because they're old. Nevertheless they have brought joy to my days here and I like to think I did the same for them.

Sometimes I sell tickets too.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIAM!!